Mission: To safely dispose of all solid waste material generated in Volusia County. To develop and maintain recycling and education programs to reduce solid waste by 30 percent as mandated by the 1988 State Solid Waste Management Act.  

Residents who live in the unincorporated areas of Volusia County are provided waste services through Volusia County’s Solid Waste Division. Residents are charged for service by an annual $297 non-ad-valorem assessment per residential unit.

CHRISTMAS DAY AND NEW YEAR'S DAY HOLIDAY COLLECTION SCHEDULE

CHRISTMAS

For unincorporated Volusia County residents (any place outside all city limits), there will be no garbage, recycling, bulk waste or yard waste collection on Thursday, Christmas Day, December 25, 2025. Collection days normally scheduled on December 25 and December 26 will take place the following day. For instance, Thursday collection will be on Friday.  Please place items at the curb by 6 a.m. on your make-up collection day for collection. 

FACILITY HOLIDAY HOURS  

Both the West Volusia Transfer Station and the Tomoka Farms Road Landfill will be closed on Christmas Day, Thursday, December 25, 2025. Normal hours of operation for both facilities will resume on Friday, December 26, 2025.

Volusia County Solid Waste Administration offices will be closed in observance of Christmas on Thursday, December 25^th and Friday, December 26^th, 2025. Administration offices will re-open Monday, December 29, at 8 a.m.

NEW YEAR

For unincorporated Volusia County residents (any place outside all city limits), there will be no garbage, recycling, bulk waste or yard waste collection on New Year’s Day, Thursday, January 1, 2026. Collection days normally scheduled on January 1, 2026, and January 2, 2026, will take place the following day. For instance, Thursday’s collection will be on Friday.  Please place items at the curb by 6 a.m. on your make-up collection day for collection.

FACILITY HOLIDAY HOURS  

Both the West Volusia Transfer Station and the Tomoka Farms Road Landfill be closed on New Year's Day, Thursday, January 1, 2026. Normal hours of operation for both facilities will resume on Friday, January 2, 2026.  

Volusia County Solid Waste Administration offices will be closed in observance of New Year's Day on Thursday, January 1^st, and Friday, January 2^nd, 2026. Administration offices will re-open Monday, January 5, at 8 a.m.

Accepted methods of payment:

• Cash
• Credit/debit card (primarily MasterCard & VISA)
• Monthly account customer – You can access the application here, or call 386-943-7889

Wasted: How Your Recycling Gets Trashed

It's a daily dilemma in many households - "Is this recyclable?"

Unfortunately, despite the intentions of well-meaning people across the state, Florida's recycling efforts are not as successful as they could be. There are several reasons for that. The first, most people who recycle have no idea how the journey from the recycle bin all the way to the process of creating recycled materials works. Another problem, many people assume they know what's recyclable - but they don't.

Click here to read a short article about recycling and to watch a short video about the recycling sorting process.

News

• Solid Waste Compliance Team: Safety Is Job One
• Attention Contractors and Commercial Haulers

Learn your collection days or submit a request for service

Learn the collection days for your address or submit a request for service for household garbage, recycling and yard waste collection. 

This link will provide a map with a dialog box for the resident to enter their address. Matched address(es) are returned for the user to select. An address selection (done by clicking on a matched address) will have the application map the location and return the appropriate collection days. A link will also be provided to submit a request for service.

This application is not optimized for mobile devices. Mobile device users that experience problems should enter a request for service (including requests for collection days for specific addresses). 

This map may take up to two minutes to load the first time. Follow-up visits to this site will be significantly faster. Please email problems with the use of the map or the entry of service requests to RMontgomery@volusia.org.

Submit a request to investigate illegal dumping